Cuspidor.



, PATLNTLD 0.0111201903. W. R. MOGLANAHAN 00. L. BELL.

- CUSPIDOR.

No MODEL APPLIUATION FILED APB. 10. 1002.

2 SHEETS-sum1.

ATTORNEYS No. 718,650. K Y PATENTED JAN. 2o, 1903. W. R. MOGLANAHAN & o. E. BELL.

GUsPIDoR.- APPLICATION FILED APR. 18, 1902.

H0 MODEL. 2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

A 'mm/VE Ys TINTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WALTER R. MCCLANAHAN AND CHARLES E. BELL, OF TERRA ALTA, WEST VIRGINIA.

CUSPIDOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 718,650, dated. January 20, 1903.

Application led April 18, 1902. Serial No. 103,547. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern,.- With the rockers we provide means in connec- Be itknown that we, WALTER R. MCOLANA- tion with the sections of the cuspidor so the HAN and CHARLES F.. BELL, citizens of the said sections can be readily adjusted to open United States, residing at Terra Alta, in the position, as desired. Ordinarily the devices 55 5 county of Preston and State of West Virginia, are so weighted that the receptacle will autohave made certain new and useful Improvematically adjust to the closed position shown ments in Ouspdors, of which the following is in Figs. l and 2 and full lines, Fig. 3, from a specification. the position shown in Fig. 4 when the foot is This invention is an improvement in cuspiremoved from the rocker. 6o ro dors, especially those designed for use in car's In the construction shown the receptacle and. similar vehicles and in public placescomprises two sections D, which are alike, and such as hotels, offices, dac.; and the invention one of which is shown in Fig. 5, and which consists in certain novel constructions and may be combined and adjusted to the position combinations of parts, as will be hereinafter shown in Fig. 4 to form a receptacle in the 65 15 described and claimed. use of the cuspidor. As the sections D are In the drawings, Figure lis a top plan view constructed and operated similarly, the dev of the cuspidor in position for use. Fig. 2 is scription of one will answer for both. We a cross-section on about line 2 2 of Fig. l. form these sections with -lids D' and bottom Fig. 3 is a cross-section on about line 3 3 of wings D2 and pivot the sections at the j unc- 7o 2o Fig. 1, parts being broken away and the secture of said lid and wing at E, so the sections tions of the receptacle being shown closed in can rock from the closed position shown in full lines and open in dotted lines. Fig. 4 is Figs. l and 2 to the open position shown in a cross-section on about line 4 4 of Fig. 1, Fig. 4, and vice versa. While our invention showing the sections of the receptacle with might operate to a certain extent with the 75 25 the lids open and the bottom sections closed; single section D, in which case the lid D' of and Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view of one such section will be formed to serve as acover of the sections of the receptacle, and Fig. 6 is for the upper end of the chamber A', We prea detail section. fer to employ the two sections, to hinge them In carrying out our invention' we provide a oppositely, as shown, to operate them by 8o 3o suitable framing A, which may be readily semeans of a rocker or rockers arranged becured in place in the oor B of the frame in tween the pivots D2 of the sections, and to which the cuspidor is to be used, and this connect them with the said rocker or rockers framing A is provided with the main chamin the manner presently described. It will ber A', which receives the so-called recepbe noticed that the free edges of the lids D' 85 3 5 tacle, presently described, and the chambers may be formed to fit each other, to which end A2 at the opposite sides of the chamber A', one edge may be rounded, as shown at 1 in and which receives the operating Wheels or Fig. 4, and the other edge curved, as shown devices C, by which the sections of the recepat 2 in the same figure, so when adjusted to tacle are swung to open and close the same. the position shown in Fig. l the lids will t 9o .to The chamber A' of the casing is open at the snugly together at their adjacent edges. It top, while the chambers A2 are closed at their will also be noticed that the lid and bottom upper sides by cap-plates a2, which are sewing of each section are arranged at approxicured by screws as, so they can be conven- 'mately a right angle to each other and with iently removed when desired, and these capthe bottom wings dipped or curved slightly 45 plates are provided with openings a', through to properly serve the purpose and facilitate which project segments of the operatingtheir draining when adjusted to the position wheels C, which segments ,are preferably rufshown in Fig. 3. fied, so they can be conveniently operated by In pivoting the sectionsD they are provided the foot. These wheels C may be termed at their ends with shaft sections or trunnions roo 5o rockers, as by rocking them the receptacle F., journaled at a in the casing and provided can be opened or closed, and in connection with crank-arms F, which are connected by pitmen G with the rockers C, the pitmen being connected with the rockers eccentrically and preferably at diametrically opposite points, so the turning of said rocker in one direction will operate both sections of the receptacle, as desired. The casing is provided at d with narrow ledges or shoulders on which the lids of the receptacle rest when closed, as shown in Fig. l, and the casing is slotted from its upper edge to receive the trunnions E of the sections D and the shafts C of the rockers C, so the parts C and D can be readily adjusted to place when the caps A2 are removed. This also permits convenient access to the parts for any desired purpose.

In the operation of the device, when the sections D are in the position shown in Figs. l and 2 and full lines, Fig. 3, it' the rocker C be turned in either direction it will operate through the pitman G to adj ust the sections D to the full-line position shown in Fig. 4, as will be understood by a comparison of Figs. 3 and 4. To ease or cushion the stopping of the sections D in both opened and closed positions, we provide a buffer H, preterably of spring metal, having the wings H and H2 for engagement by a stud I on one of the crank-arms B, as shown in Fig. 3, the said buffer being arranged for engagement by the stud I in both positions of the sections D, as will be understood from the drawings and the foregoing description. In operation, it will be noticed, the euspidor is self dumping or draining and is always closed, as shown in Fig. l, except when positively operated to the open position, (shown in Fig. 4,) from which position it automatically closes when the pressure of the foot is released from the rocker.

Manifestly the size of the euspidor may be varied as desired. It also can be operated from one side by the use of one rocker C or from both sides, as shown, and one or both sections may be rocked, or the receptacle may comprise but one section, as may be desired.

The lids, Wings, trunnions, and cranks can all be cast in one piece. f

As best shown in Figs. 4 and 6, the main chamber may have a chute or extension J to pass through the ceiling under the floor of the coach Whenever desired.

As shown in Fig. 3, both ends of the buiferspring are arranged to be engaged by the crank-arm. When the euspidor is to be used as a self or automatic closer, one arm H might be omitted. It will be understood that the chute J may be made in different shapes for convenience in making connections with pipes in offices, &c.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is-

l. The euspidor herein described, comprising in connection with asuitable framing, the receptacle composed of the opposite sections each having a lid and a bottom wing, and provided with trunnions at the juncture of said wings, said trunnions having crank-arms, the

rockers at the opposite sides of the said receptacle and between the pivots of the sections and arranged for operation by the foot, the pitmen connecting said rockers with the 0pposite sections of the receptacle, the buffer by which to ease or cushion the stopping of the receptacle in both adjustments, and the stud on the crank-arm of one of the receptacle-sections to engage said buifer, substantially as set forth.

2. Acuspidorhavingareceptacle composed of two opposite sections each having a lid and a bottom wing and pivoted at the juncture of said wings, and means whereby said sections may be opened and closed, substantially as set forth.

3. In a euspidor substantially as described, the receptacle comprising the section having a bottom wing and a lid connected therewith, and pivoted at the juncture of said lid and wing, and means whereby the said section may be operated, substantially as set forth.

4. A euspidor comprising the receptaclesection having a bottom Wing and a lid pivoted at the juncture of said lid and Wing and provided with a crank-arm, the rocker arranged for operation by the foot, and the pitman connecting said rocker with the crankarm of the receptacle-section, substantially as set forth.

5. The combination of the framing having a main chamber and the side chambers at the opposite sides of the main chamber, and the caps for the side chambers provided with openings for the rockers, the rockers operating in the side chambers, the receptacle having its sections operating in the main chamber and provided at the ends of said chamber with trunnions extending into the side chambers and having crank-arms operating in the side chambers at the ends thereof, and the pitmen connecting said crank-arms with the rockers, substantially as set forth.

6. A euspidor comprising two sections combined to form the receptacle and each composed of a lid and bottom wings and pivoted whereby they may be adjusted to opened or closed position, and foot-operated means for actuating said sections, substantially as set forth.

7. A euspidor comprising a receptacle having a section formed with a bottom wing and a lid at approximately right angles to each other and pivoted at the juncture of said lid and wing, and foot-operated means by which said section may be rocked to dierent positions, substantially as set forth.

S. The combination of the framing having an opening and the receptacle composed of two sections, each section being provided with a lid and with a bottom Wing, the two lids being formed when combined to close the opening in the framing and the two bottom wings when combined and abutted, to form the body of the receptacle beneath said opening, and means for operating the sections, substantially as set forth.

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9. The faming having bearings for the ing the cranks of the receptacle-sections with shafts of the rockers and for the shafts of the the rockers, substantially asset forth.

receptacle-sections the receptacle sections having shafts jourhaled in the casing and WALTER R MCCLANAHAN' 5 formed with lids, and with bottom Wings, the CHARLES E' BELL' crank-arms on the shafts of the said sections, Witnesses: the rockers having shafts journaled in the JESSE C. MILLER,

bearings of the framing, and pitmen oonneot- AMOS C. FEIPE. 

